Reconceiving Religious Conflict: New Views from the Formative Centuries of Christianity

Reconceiving Religious Conflict deconstructs instances of religious conflict within the formative centuries of Christianity, the first six centuries CE. It explores the theoretical foundations of religious conflict
the dynamics of religious conflict within the context of persecution and martyrdom
the social and moral intersections that undergird the phenomenon of religious conflict
and the relationship between religious conflict and religious identity. It is unique in that it does not solely focus on religious violence as it is physically manifested, but on religious conflict (and tolerance), looking too at dynamics of religious discourse and practice that often precede and accompany overt religious violence.